East Henderson seniors shine on senior night

EAST FLAT ROCK — East Henderson pitcher Jerred Davis cruised on senior night for the Eagles on Wednesday night.

Davis, in his last time out on the mound for the Eagles, kept the Hendersonville bats quiet in a 6-1 victory.

Hendersonville got a run in the first as Zach Wolfe walked with one out. He scored on a double by Carson Rikard. Rickard was thrown out from centerfield by Connor Calfee trying to stretch the double to a triple.

After that, Davis settled in and was never in any danger till the final inning. The Bearcats got two on the seventh, but Davis struck out opposing pitcher Sam Fertik. Joel Christner then flew out to second and Brock Ramey grounded out to Eagle shortstop Logan Jackson to end the game.

Davis finished with six strikeouts.

"I feel pretty good," the senior pitcher said. "It was nice. I had a lot of support from my teammates. I had fun."

East’s bats went to work in the first, fourth and sixth innings.

In the first, three unearned runs crossed the plate. Keegan Edge, Jackson and Kenny Pridmore all reached base and scored.

In the fourth inning, Davis was hit by a pitch and eventually scored.

In the sixth inning, the Eagles tacked on two more runs. Calfee hit a deep double over the centerfielder’s head. He moved to second on a groundout and to third on a balk. He scored on a ground out. Hunter Allison reached base after he was hit by a pitch. He later scored on a throw to second by the Bearcat catcher.

The Eagles finish the season 4-18 overall and 3-12 in Mountain Six Conference play. Hendersonville wraps up the season 1-20 overall and 0-15 in Mountain Six play.

"My kids played tough," East coach Daniel Corhn said. "Jerred pitched well. It’s tough because we started playing our best baseball at the end of the season. It does leave a good feeling heading into next year with the guys we have. It’s a great way to send our seniors out."

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